Soccer

Well, soccer is back in full swing and the boys are loving every minute of it! For the 1st time in 3 seasons, Dylan is on a skill appropriate team for his abilities. He is not the best on his team and he is definitely not the worst. He is only 10 and is playing on a U13 team. His coach is awesome! We are so happy that he is excited about soccer again.

Collin is on the same team as he was on last year with his dad and another Chad as their coaches. Their first game was brutal. It was 106 degrees out, we had no subs, and we were frankly outmatched, but the boys worked hard and still had fun.Here is to an exciting year.

Good luck boys!

Dylan

Lately is seems as though all of my posts have been about Collin, so I decided that it was time for Dylan to get in on the action. Over the 4th of July my boys flew out to Albuquerque to stay with Chad's parents. Chad's mom then flew them to Austin, TX to visit their aunt, uncle, and cousins. They took a day to drive in to San Antonio and go to Sea World. They had a blast! Well, Dylan is typically my serious child. He is an introvert who does not like to have his picture taken, and he is STUBBORN. The one person he is completely relaxed around is my mother-in-law. While in Austin, she manage to catch this great picture of him. I love to see him being silly and having fun, as he does it so infrequently...

Well, I know you have all seen this picture of me and my youngest son, Collin, but not in this way. Yesterday, Chad got a call from one of the college aged kids at our church, and she sent him this picture. This is a picture of one of United Blood Services blood donation buses that travels around the valley. This one was parked at Mesa Community College at the time and she thought it would be funny to send a picture of it to Chad.
Since Collin and I took these pictures I have had coworkers get postcards with this picture sent to their house, and numerous people have seen us on the UBS website. It is too funny. They tell you that they might use these pictures in this way, but I never really thought they would choose ours :)

I am Back!!!!

Well, thanks to numerous requests from friends and my cousins, I AM BACK to blogging. Just in time to share a story with all of you.

It seems at though my sweet little boy, Collin, has been growing up before my eyes....complete with an attitude to boot. It happens so subtly that you don't even realize it is happening until you look back at pictures, etc...

Well, the other night, Chad and I came home at 10pm after getting together with friends and we went to check on the boys and kiss them good night. When I walked into Collin's room I made a very precious discovery. He was sleeping with the baby blanket I made him when he was just a year old. It was light blue and covered with little rubber duckies. Keep in mind that he had not had this blanket out in approx 2 years and I don't even know where he got it out from.

Here is a picture I took of it in his bed the next morning after he left for school. It is so nice to know that there is still a part of him that is a sweet little boy. I feel like he has grown up so fast and HE thinks he is MUCH older than he is. Maybe he will still need his parents a little bit longer. I don't know what inspired him to get it out and he has already put it away, but it gave me a little glimpse at my little boy. He is still in there somewhere. It is silly, I know, but sometimes us moms can't help but to be a little sentimental...